1. Data Update Issues

P. After installing the .68 patch and running the Data updates from this site, I wanted to play Original Database again, how?

R. N/A

S. Uninstall the game, and then Re-install. (but dont patch to .68) You will however need to patch up to .68 in order to run the data updates and patches from this site

*TIP* - Copy all of the files from your data folder and save them to another folder on your Hard Drive before you patch up to .68, then after doing so you can play both the Updates from this site, and the ODb. Just Extract the files back to your Data Folder and start a new game

S. Go into your main Championship Manager Folder. Make sure you change both CM01/02 files, the .exe and the CM01/02_GDI Compatability to Windows 98. If that is already selected untick the box and tick it again.

R. You get this error because the game is looking at the wrong place for the files.

S. There are a number of solutions that appear to work for different users
Download SetupReg. Put it in your Main CM folder and run it, then start a new game
Open the editor, go to Options and change the dataset path to the correct one

R. Occurs as the data does not match the exe. file. Its likely uou have previously had a patch on your system that you didnt uninstall before applying your new patch

S.
-Uninstall the game
-delete any trace of the game and empty recycle bin (Save games, tactics, pictures etc can simply be moved to a different lcoation).
-Reinstall the patch following clearly the instructions with the download you have chosen

2. Patch Issues

P. V3.9.68T database..cpp 7784 Error

R. It is a language error, and due to a bug in the .68 patch, it will let you keep playing without any problems but keeps the nations and nationality names in english when everything else is in the language youre trying to play.

3. Graphics Issues

3)Once it's open, load your .BMP files (if you're wondering how to change your files into .BMP use Paint open them in Paint and save them as .BMP):

4) Once your .BMP file is loaded proceed to save it in your Piced file (remember the name you put it it will be useful along the way) ... the Piced file will know exactly where to put the .RGN file so don't sweat it:

5) Ok, you're done saving your backgrounds ... now how to do it to assign them? easy ... go back to the CM 01/02 main folder and open the Pictures folder in it:

6) There you will find a file named pics.cfg ... before you open it make sure to open its properties (right click on the file):

7) Ok, you unlocked your pics.cfg file ... now open it in your notepad and assign your saved .RGN files ... here's a little help (to be sure that everything is well written so you can see them use your Editor to get the right data):

8) Ok now you're set to see your spanking brand-new backgrounds in your CM 01/02:

4. Website Issues

P. How do I sort threads alphabetically?

R. When you log into the forums, threads are automatically sorted by the date/time of the last post in each forum. To make searching for particular threads easier, threads can be sorted by alphabetical order (A to Z).

S. Just click on the 'Thread' or 'Thread Starter' links on top of each forum. Clicking them twice will reverse alphabetical order from Z to A.

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P. How to post a Screenshot

R.

S. For all of you who dont know how to post screenshots here is how you do it...

Spoiler!

1)When you are on the screen you want to print from Championship Manager press Alt + Print Screen.

7. Network Game Troubleshooting

Here are few solutions if you are unable to join\create a network game:
Change to NT compatibility.
Check the option "Run as administrator".
Try renaming (or deleting) the file cpuinf32.dll in your Data directory.
Open the port 6667 on your router,go to This address. find your router and follow the instructions.
Disabling your firewall.
Configured IP Manually.
Reinstalling the game.
Try using Hamachi.

S. Go into the Championship manager 01/02 folder, by double clicking your C drive, program files. Then look for a icon called IP, double click and double click on net.out file and put in your IP address in both fields it might be missing in either one. If you cant open the IP folder there should be another sqaure icon called net.out file open it using word pad and you will be able to enter your ip address there.

8. Vista/Window 7 Issues

*Tip* - Disabling the UAC (User Account Control)

Windows Vista has the built-in ability to automatically reduce the potential of security breeches in the system. It does that by automatically enabling a feature called User Account Control (or UAC for short). The UAC forces users who may have administrator accounts to run like they were regular users with no administrative privileges. Hence the reason why most problems with Vista and Champ man are resolved by "running as administrator" Turning this feature off means that you wont have this problem again! (about 99% of vista problems are resolved by "running as administrator") Below is a Simple Step by Step guide of how to do it! and undo it if you wish

Spoiler!

1.Open Control Panel.

2. Under User Account and Family settings click on the "Add or remove user account".

3.Click on one of the user accounts, for example you can use the Guest account.

4.Under the user account click on the "Go to the main User Account page" link.

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P. When I try and start a new game I get the error message "cm0102.exe not responding" I've tried reinstalling the game but i get the same problem.

R. Vista does not let you extract files directly to your Program files folder

S. You need to extract the update files to a new folder and then copy&paste them to the data folder. Or
Open the .zip/.rar file.
Copy all of its contents.
Go to the cm folder (normally C>program files>championship manager 01/02)
Press the compatibility files button in the top right corner of your explorer window.
In the new window that opens right click,paste on the Data folder and choose to overwrite all files.
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P. I can't save games.

S. Delete the hidden Champ Manager Program Files folder, to find this you need to show hidden files in your folders by going to Tools/Folder Options, click on the View Tab and under the Hidden Files and Folders Tab click on Show Hidden Files and Folders and click on the Apply button. Now to find the hidden folder go into your personal folder which will be named the same as the login name you have on your PC. Inside here you will see another Champ Manager folder, make sure the game is not open and delete this folder and uninstall the game. Once you have did this reinstall the game from scratch and then reinstall the Official 3.9.68 Update and finally install whatever data update you require.

9. Other Operating Systems

As of now I believe CM0102 works out of the box only on Ubuntu. It won't work as simple on other Linuxes where no-cd patch is needed (as Wine do not recreate Windows reg files from which CM knows where CD is).

Mac

If your unlucky enough to not own a copy of this game on the mac, then you can download a program called "Crossover Mac" Which will allow you to run the PC Version of CM 01/02. Unfortunately at the moment it is not freeware, but you can download a free 30 day trial from the link below:

10. Game installation problem (hangs during setup)

Some users with newer versions of windows (7, 8, 8.1, 10) may have encountered this problem at times in the past, when attempting to install the original game the setup process will hang and therefore not install - this hang can be caused by various background processes running on your machine. To find out which process is blocking it, and to resolve it, follow the guide below

Originally Posted by boro

Just installed this on windows 8.1 and encountered the issue with setup.exe hanging. Here is how to resolve.

1. Browse to the disk contents by going to the drive letter where the disk is (either ISO or cd-rom).
2. Right click on SETUP.EXE, go to Properties. Click on the Compatibility tab and choose Run this program in Windows XP (service pack 2) mode and tick the box "Run this program as an administrator".
3. Double click on setup.exe
4. If nothing happens, open up the task manager by right clicking on the task bar and choosing Task Manager or press control + shift + escape at the same time.
5. Go to the Details tab on the task manager and sort by name. You are looking for SETUP.EXE. If there are multiple ones running then kill them all. Click on setup.exe in the list and press the delete key or the end task button to kill the process.
6. Run setup.exe again as per step 3 - you only want one install process running.
7. Back in the task manager, Right click on setup.exe and hit the Analyze Wait Chain option. This will tell you what is preventing the install from running. Find that process and kill it.

In my case it was SetPoint.exe, a logitech program that controls my wireless mouse/keyboard software. As soon as I killed it the install launched.

any help would be greatly appreciated, can't wait to tell my friends about this

Originally Posted by Humble_Ry

basically i click on the short cut, it flashes black then says can't utilize graphics, check direct x etc -

Originally Posted by Dermotron

Try this, go to the Championship Manager 01-02 folder and run CM0102_GDI.exe (right click and select Run As Administrator first). This should allow you play in windowed mode. You can make a direct shortcut onto the desktop instead of the CM0102.exe shortcut

Originally Posted by Humble_Ry

Cheers will give it a whirl just uninstalled and going through it again to make sure.

Originally Posted by Humble_Ry

Hi

Perfect thanks, working a treat.

Originally Posted by Romano.338

I began having this problem too since I reinstall my system on my computer. I reinstall Directx but it still says I don't have directx when I tried to play in windowed mode. Fullscreen works, but I'm not interested
Launching cm0102 GDI works, but then you can't apply Tapani's patch.

I know it's possible for it to work, because it used to perfectly work, but I just can't find how.

Originally Posted by Dermotron

If your graphics processor doesn't allow you to play in 16bit color there isn't a whole lot you can do. There may be some firmware for the model of card to allow this though

Ok, got a Solution to this. Go to the Display page in Settings below and change icon size from 125% to 100% to work around this issue